FISHES OF THE PHOEmX AND SAMOAN ISLuANTDS 97 



APOGON AURITUS Valenciennes 



Apogon auritus Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire Naturelle 



des Poissons, vol. 7, p. 443, 1831. 

 Apoffonichthys varicfjatus (Valenciennes) Jordan and Se.vle, Bull. U. S. Bur. 



Fish., vol. 25 (190r>), p. 2.50, 1906. 

 Apogon ichthijs marmoratus (Alleyne and Macleay) Jordan and Seale, ihid., 



p. 2.50, fig. 44. 



15134, Samoan Island, A. B. Steinberger, 1 specimen. 

 52250, Apia, Samoa, Jordon and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 

 52258, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 

 52286, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 6 specimens. 



Genus CHEILODIPTERUS Lacepede 



Cheilodipterus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 539, 1802. 

 (Type, Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepede, as restricted by Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes. ) 



CHEILODIPTERUS LINEATUS Linnaeus 



Cheilodipterus lineatus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 293, 1758. 

 Paramia macrodon (Lacepede) Jordan and Se.\le, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish, vol. 

 25 (1905), p. 252, 1906 (Apia). 



52410, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 

 Genus PARAMIA Bleeker 



Paramia Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, 233, 1863. (Type, Cheilodipterus 



quinquelineata Cuvier and Valenciennes, not Cheilodipterus Uneatus 



Lacep6de as in Jordan's "Genera of Fishes.") 

 Jadamga Schultz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 88, p. 416, 1940 (Type, 



Cheilodipterus quinquelineata Cuvier and Valenciennes) ; Copeia, 1940, No. 3, 



p. 203. 



PARAMIA QUINQUELINEATA (Cuvier) 



Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire 



naturelle des poissons, vol. 2, p. 167, 1828. 

 Paramia quinquelineata (Curvier) Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish, 



vol. 25 (1905), p. 252, 1906. 



114979, Canton Island, lagoon. May 25-26, 1939, 32 specimens. 



114980, Hull Island, channel, July 7-17, 1939, 4 specimens. 



114978, Canton Island, coral heads in lagoon, May 23-25, 1939, 3 specimens. 

 114977, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 52296, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 7 specimens. 



Family AMBASSIDAE 



KEY TO THE AMBASSIDAE FROM THE SAMOAN ISLANDS 



la. A black line from behind operculum extending along midaxis of body to base 

 of caudal fin, distinct posteriorly, faded anteriorly ; meni])rane between sec- 

 ond and third dorsal spine blackish, tip black ; middle region of back 

 blackish brown, sides lighter in color ; basal region of caudal fin darkish, 

 this extending out on lobes of fin one-half distance; blackish along base of 

 anal fin and also en ventral edge of caudal pednncle; lower jaw blackish; 



